Liam Neeson in Taken 2 has, um, taken in more than $125-million at the North American box office, and last summer’s Expendables 2 earned $300-million worldwide. So it’s no surprise that Taken 3 and Expendables 3 have already been greenlit. Clearly, aging action heroes are the new young action heroes. Here’s what the rest of the old gang is up to.

Sylvester Stallone, 66

First blood Rocky (1976), First Blood (1982)

Latest hit Coming in February 2013, Stallone stars in the subtly named Bullet to the Head, a movie so violent it even shoots its own production company logos during the trailer. The plot’s a little hazy — it might have something to do with someone kidnapping his daughter — but the dialogue is quip-tastic. “I’m a people person,” Stallone says while punching a person. And when someone shouts, “You don’t just kill a guy like that!” he replies: “I just did.” And how about this one? “When I’m done with this drink, I’m gonna be done with you.”

Bruce Willis, 57

First blood Die Hard (1988)

Latest hit In addition to re-teaming with Helen Mirren and John Malkovich for Red 2, and rumoured to be working with Chris Hemsworth on something called American Assassin, Willis returns next Valentine’s Day in A Good Day to Die Hard, a.k.a. Die Hard 5. This time it’s a real family affair. Although when your daughter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) pleads, “Try not to make an even bigger mess of things,” I’m not sure if “Yippee-ki-yay” is the appropriate parental response. The film also features Jai Courtney as John McClane Jr., who reminds his father: “We’re not a hugging family.”

Jean Claude Van Damme, 52

First blood Bloodsport (1988)

Dolph Lundgren, 55

First bloodA View to a Kill (1985), Rocky IV (1985)

Latest (combined) hit Van Damme and Lundgren teamed up in 1992 to make Universal Soldier, and team up again in what was to be called Universal Soldier 4: A New Dimension. (Although in the trailer they’re shouting “Day of Reckoning,” which is the film’s new title.) You have to show some respect for a movie that goes with on-screen titles that read: “Only One Man Can Stop Them.” Because I don’t think an action movie has ever gone with the one-man motif before.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 65

First blood Conan the Barbarian (1982), The Terminator (1984)

Latest hit Freed from the twin pressures of keeping a marriage and the state of California running, Schwarzenegger has a bunch of projects on the go, including a sequel to Twins called (you guessed it) Triplets, and co-starring Danny DeVito and Eddie Murphy. But his most germane upcoming release is 2013’s The Tomb, in which he plays a prisoner who helps a fellow inmate (played by Stallone) escape. The irony: Stallone’s character is a designer of escape-proof prisons, and has been framed and incarcerated in one of his own facilities. And whoever framed him, it’s a safe bet that Only One Man — Or Maybe Two — Can Stop Them.

You can watch a trailer for most of the films mentioned at apple.com/trailers. A video version of this week’s Trailer Tracker and past editions can be found at nationalpost.com/arts.